2017.05.05
Thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

ASHRAE Research plays a huge role in all aspects of our built environment. Our homes, offices, schools, hospitals, retail spaces and restaurants are all affected and hopefully protected by their respective HVAC&R systems.

Our objective for the 2016-2017 RP Campaign is $29,000. Although this seems like a lot, our chapter history has shown us this objective is attainable. No donation is too small, and all money raised goes to ASHRAE Research Canada.

Georges Maamari, Abbey Sauders, Michael Swayne, Robert Lefebvre, and Frank Bann have all agreed to help support this cause as a part of the ASHRAE RP Committee.. Please contact any of us with your RP questions. We have started our annual calling campaign so expect to hear from one of us shortly if you have not yet.

Last meeting’s 50/50 helped support of our 2016-2017 RP Campaign. This event raised $272.50 for Research. A special thanks to all that have donated tickets. We are always looking for donors that may have something to contribute for our monthly raffles. Please contact me if interested in donating tickets for the upcoming year.

As of April 30, 2017, we have raised $23375 towards our campaign goal, approximately 81% of our objective. Thanks to all our donors who continue to support the RP Campaign.

A list of current 2016-2017 RP Campaign donors will be updated for each monthly newsletter, so donate quickly to see you name appear!

However, should you wish to make you donation using cheques, please make all cheques payable to ASHRAE Research Canada. My contact details are shown below, but I will gladly make arrangements to pick-up any cheques if need be.

Again, I can’t say this enough thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

2017.03.05
Thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

ASHRAE Research plays a huge role in all aspects of our built environment. Our homes, offices, schools, hospitals, retail spaces and restaurants are all affected and hopefully protected by their respective HVAC&R systems.

Our objective for the 2016-2017 RP Campaign is $29,000. Although this seems like a lot, our chapter history has shown us this objective is attainable. No donation is too small, and all money raised goes to ASHRAE Research Canada.

Georges Maamari, Abbey Sauders, Michael Swayne, Robert Lefebvre, and Frank Bann have all agreed to help support this cause as a part of the ASHRAE RP Committee.. Please contact any of us with your RP questions. We have started our annual calling campaign so expect to hear from one of us shortly if you have not yet.

The raffle draws for event tickets will continue at each program meeting in support of our 2016-2017 RP Campaign. Last meeting’s tickets for the March 2, Sens v. Avalanche game were graciously donated by Walmar Ventilation! Walmar also donated another set of tickets for the Curling RP raffle. These two events raised a combined $1025 for Research. A special thanks to all that have donated tickets. We are always looking for donors that may have something to contribute for our monthly raffles. Please contact me if interested.

As of Feb 27, 2017, we have raised $17195 towards our campaign goal, approximately 59% of our objective. Thanks to all our donors who continue to support the RP Campaign.

A list of current 2016-2017 RP Campaign donors will be updated for each monthly newsletter, so donate quickly to see you name appear!

However, should you wish to make you donation using cheques, please make all cheques payable to ASHRAE Research Canada. My contact details are shown below, but I will gladly make arrangements to pick-up any cheques if need be.

Again, I can’t say this enough thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

2017.02.09
Thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

ASHRAE Research plays a huge role in all aspects of our built environment. Our homes, offices, schools, hospitals, retail spaces and even the food we eat are all affected and hopefully protected by their HVAC&R system, or lack thereof. Although Abbey and her committee have left me big shoes to fill, I am pleased to be part of such an important part of society in serving as the Research Promotion Chair for our Ottawa Valley Chapter.

Our objective for the 2016-2017 RP Campaign is $29,000. Although this seems like a lot, our chapter history, in particular last year’s stellar fundraising efforts have shown us this objective is attainable. No donation is too small, and all money raised goes to ASHRAE Research Canada.

Georges Maamari, Abbey Sauders, Michael Swayne, Robert Lefebvre, and Frank Bann have all agreed to help support this cause as a part of the ASHRAE RP Committee.. Please contact any of us with your RP questions. We have started our annual calling campaign so expect to hear from one of us shortly if you have not yet.

The raffle draws for event tickets will continue at each program meeting in support of our 2016-2017 RP Campaign. The January 24th, Sens v. Capitals tickets graciously donated by JCI Ottawa raised a total of $710! A special thanks to all that have donated tickets, and congratulations to Carmen Lefebvre of HTS for winning the tickets. We are always looking for donors that may have something to contribute for our monthly raffles. Please contact me if interested.

As of January 31, we have raised $11480 towards our campaign goal, approximately 40% of our objective.

Thanks to all our donors who continue to support the RP Campaign.

A list of current 2016-2017 RP Campaign donors will be updated for each monthly newsletter, so donate quickly to see you name appear!

However, should you wish to make you donation using cheques, please make all cheques payable to ASHRAE Research Canada. My contact details are shown below, but I will gladly make arrangements to pick-up any cheques if need be.

Again, I can’t say this enough thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

Adam Graham
ASHRAE OVC President Elect, Reseach Promotion Chair

2016.12.23
Thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

ASHRAE Research plays a huge role in all aspects of our built environment. Our homes, offices, schools, hospitals, retail spaces and even the food we eat are all affected and hopefully protected by their HVAC&R system, or lack thereof. Although Abbey and her committee have left me big shoes to fill, I am pleased to be part of such an important part of society in serving as the Research Promotion Chair for our Ottawa Valley Chapter.

Our objective for the 2015-2016 RP Campaign is $29,000. Although this seems like a lot, our chapter history, in particular last year’s stellar fundraising efforts have shown us this objective is attainable. No donation is too small, and all money raised goes to ASHRAE Research Canada.

Georges Maamari, Abbey Sauders, Michael Swayne, Robert Lefebvre, and Frank Bann have all agreed to help support this cause as a part of the ASHRAE RP Committee.. Please contact any of us with your RP questions. We have started our annual calling campaign so expect to hear from one of us shortly if you have not yet.

The raffle draws for event tickets will continue at each program meeting in support of our 2016-2017 RP Campaign. The December 3, Sens v. Panthers tickets graciously donated by Trane Ottawa raised a total of $630! A special thanks to all that have donated tickets, and congratulations to Adam Moons of Walmar for winning the tickets. We are always looking for donors that may have something to contribute for our monthly raffles. Please contact me if interested.

As of Dec 22, we have raised $9670 towards our campaign goal, approximately 33% of our objective.

Thanks to all our donors who continue to support the RP Campaign.

A list of current 2016-2017 RP Campaign donors will be updated for each monthly newsletter, so donate quickly to see you name appear!

However, should you wish to make you donation using cheques, please make all cheques payable to ASHRAE Research Canada. My contact details are shown below, but I will gladly make arrangements to pick-up any cheques if need be.

Again, I can’t say this enough thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

2016.11.04
Thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

ASHRAE Research plays a huge role in all aspects of our built environment. Our homes, offices, schools, hospitals, retail spaces and even the food we eat are all affected and hopefully protected by their HVAC&R system, or lack thereof. Although Abbey and her committee have left me big shoes to fill, I am pleased to be part of such an important part of society in serving as the Research Promotion Chair for our Ottawa Valley Chapter.

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Our objective for the 2015-2016 RP Campaign is $29,000. Although this seems like a lot, our chapter history, in particular last year’s stellar fundraising efforts have shown us this objective is attainable. No donation is too small, and all money raised goes to ASHRAE Research Canada.

I would like to introduce everyone to the new ASHRAE RP Committee. Georges Maamari, Abbey Sauders, Michael Swayne, Robert Lefebvre, and Frank Bann have all agreed to help support this cause. Please contact any of us with your RP questions. We will be starting our annual calling campaign in the coming weeks, so expect to hear from one of us.

The raffle draws for event tickets will continue at each program meeting in support of our 2016-2017 RP Campaign. The November 17th Sens v. Predators tickets graciously donated by Adam Graham raised a total of $510! A special thanks to all that have donated tickets, and congratulations to Ryan Dickenson of VRM for winning the tickets. We are always looking for donors that may have something to contribute for our monthly raffles. Please contact me if interested.

As of Oct 31, we have raised $3090 towards our campaign goal, approximately 11% of our objective.

Thanks to all our donors who helped make last year’s 2015-2016 RP Campaign a huge success. Formal donor recognition will take place at the November program meeting.

A list of current 2016-2017 RP Campaign donors will be updated for each monthly newsletter, so donate quickly to see you name appear!

However, should you wish to make you donation using cheques, please make all cheques payable to ASHRAE Research Canada. My contact details are shown below, but I will gladly make arrangements to pick-up any cheques if need be.

Again, I can’t say this enough thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

2016.10.07
Thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

ASHRAE Research plays a huge role in all aspects of our built environment. Our homes, offices, schools, hospitals, retail spaces and even the food we eat are all affected and hopefully protected by their HVAC&R system, or lack thereof. Although Abbey and her committee have left me big shoes to fill, I am pleased to be part of such an important part of society in serving as the Research Promotion Chair for our Ottawa Valley Chapter.

Our objective for the 2015-2016 RP Campaign is $29,000. Although this seems like a lot, our chapter history, in particular last year’s stellar fundraising efforts have shown us this objective is attainable. No donation is too small, and all money raised goes to ASHRAE Research Canada.

The raffle draws for event tickets will continue at each program meeting in support of our 2016-2017 RP Campaign. The Oct 22 Sens v. Lightning tickets graciously donated by Airtron raised a total of $660! A special thanks to Airtron for donating the tickets, and congratulations to Cathy Godin of SK Sheet Metal winner of the tickets. We are always looking for donors that may have something to contribute for our monthly raffles. Please contact me if interested.

As of Sep 30, we have raised $1010 towards our campaign goal, approximately 3% of our objective.

Thanks to all our donors who helped make last year’s 2015-2016 RP Campaign a huge success. Formal donor recognition will take place at the November program meeting.

A list of current 2016-2017 RP Campaign donors will be updated for each monthly newsletter, so donate quickly to see you name appear!

ASHRAE Partner

ASHRAE Associate

Major Donor Silver

Major Donor Bronze

Major Donor Antique

Honour Roll

Airtron

Abbey Saunders
Chris Frauley
Richard Cameron
Adam Graham

Two of the easiest ways to make your donation to the 2016-2017 RP Campaign are by clicking either of the links below.

However, should you wish to make you donation using cheques, please make all cheques payable to ASHRAE Research Canada. My contact details are shown below, but I will gladly make arrangements to pick-up any cheques if need be.

Again, I can’t say this enough thanks for your continued support for ASHRAE Research Canada!

2016.07.07
The results have been tabulated, and the 2015-2016 Research Promotion Campaign ended with a bang! For the second year in a row the Ottawa Valley Chapter was able to surpass our $27,000 RP objective handed down by Society. In total, together we raised $33,879 towards research. As Georges said last year, I cannot say enough about how impressed I am with our chapter’s generosity. It goes to show how dedicated our members and local industry are towards supporting and advancing ASHRAE, with the added bonus of all the research money raised in Canada being reinvested in Canada.

I’d like to thank everyone for their contributions to our ASHRAE Research Campaign. In addition, I’d like to give a special shout out to this year’s RP committee of Georges Maamari, Mike Swayne, Steve Moons and Bob Kilpatrick. Thank you gentlemen for your help!

At the May Program meeting, we raffled off RedBlacks home opener tickets, generously donated by Airtron. The raffle raised $610 towards our ASHRAE Research Campaign, and I (Abbey Saunders) was winner of the tickets. I know what you are thinking, it wasn’t fixed, check the video and see for yourself that I did not draw my own ticket.

Again, thank you for all your contributions to support ASHRAE Research this year. Adam Graham will be taking over as RP Chair for the 2016-2017 ASHARE year, and I ask you to please extend your generosity next year and help Adam meet the chapter’s next challenge.

The Research Promotion Committee is appointed
by the president-elect in conformance with
chapter bylaws. The chair in turn appoints a vice
chair and a committee. The number of committee
members will depend upon the expected work
load. The more individuals, the lighter the load
on any single volunteer. Willingness to do the
work, however, is most important. Assignments
should be made so that no one has more than
eight (8) contacts to make. Refer to the Research
Promotion Training Manual, Timeline Section
for suggestions in structuring the committee (06-06-26-30). The duties of this committee are as
follows:

Communicate effectively about the
objectives, accomplishments and
benefits of ASHRAE research and its
value to every ASHRAE member and the
industry.

Increase the annual income for Societysponsored
research through chapter
solicitation of members and businesses
which directly or indirectly benefit from
ASHRAE research. Contribution goals for
businesses are shown in the Research
Promotion Training Manual, Timeline
Section under the index tab marked
“Overview” (06-06-26-31). Contributions
from one hundred percent of the
membership should be solicited in
amounts not less than those used in the
formula for Research Promotion for the
Presidential Award of Excellence
(PAOE).

Develop a plan and set a total goal for
funds to be collected. This goal shall be
set with the input and commitment of
chapter officers.

Develop a prospect list of businesses in
the area, especially those represented in
the Society membership and those in an
ASHRAE-related field.

Assign minimum goals for these
prospects as outlined in B above.
Discuss each goal and how it was set with each committee member.

Assign each prospect to a committee
member and prepare a detailed program
with targeted dates for activities and
reports. If it appears the schedule will not
be met, assign another solicitor to the
prospect. Do not hesitate to tactfully
remove anyone who is not doing the job.

Follow current administrative procedures
for collecting and reporting contributions.

Complete Research Promotion Donor
Form and submit with all checks sent to
Research Promotion. (See Appendices
TT1 and TT2) (03-10-18-59)

Keep good records. A chronological log
of events will be useful to committee
members in following years. Maintain a
written record of each activity.

Cooperate and coordinate efforts with
Regional Vice-Chairs for Research
Promotion. (For chapters assigned to a
region.)

The Research Promotion Committee
shall determine the locations in which the
Research Promotion training of Research
Promotion chapter chairs shall be held.
These trainings shall take place between
July 15th and September 30th. (520-164-006)(06-01-25/26-10B)

Work with the president-elect to select
the Research Promotion Chair one year
prior to appointment and involve this
person in the current Research
Promotion campaign.

Coordinate with chapter officers one
meeting per year with “Research” as a
theme.